The conference is entitled “Moving Beyond the Short-Term: What Will It Take to Prevent a Debt Crisis?” It will be held at the Capitol Visitor Center, room 202-203.

Discussion topics will include the state of the economy, the federal budget process, infrastructure investment, the importance of a long-term strategy to stabilize the debt, and the consequences of continued inaction in Congress.

The conference has been organized by the University of New Hampshire’s Warren B. Rudman Center for Justice, Leadership and Public Policy and the Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics, in partnership with Fix the Debt, The Center for Public Integrity and The Concord Coalition. The Peter G. Peterson Foundation is sponsoring the event.

The Program:

Panel I – Fixing the Debt: A Bipartisan Dialogue

9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Panel: Former Senator Evan Bayh and former Representatives David McCurdy and Jim Nussle

Moderators: Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, and Robert L. Bixby, executive director of The Concord Coalition

Panel II – This Time It Really Is Different; Budget-Making in the Modern Era

The Concord Coalition is a nonpartisan, grassroots organization dedicated to fiscal responsibility. Since 1992, Concord has worked to educate the public about the causes and consequences of the federal deficit and debt, and to develop realistic solutions for sustainable budgets. For more fiscal news and analysis, visit concordcoalition.org and follow us on Twitter: @ConcordC